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With her gold-medal and record-setting performance at the Pennsylvania Track and Field Coaches Association Indoor Championship meet, the Abington Heights junior was a lock to be chosen in the 3,000-meter run.

That didn't change her reaction to the honor when the team was announced Wednesday.

Athletes are chosen by a committee based upon "honors won, quality and consistency of performance and head-to-head competition."

"I am so thrilled," Barrett said. "It was in the back of my mind, but really I had forgotten about it. It is such a nice accolade."

Early in the indoor season, Barrett posted the fastest time in the 3,000 at 10 minutes, 2.69 seconds to win at the Susquehanna University Invitational.

At the state championship meet she set the record in 9:47.73, beating the mark of 9:49.27 set in 2011 by Pennsbury's Sara Sargent.

On Friday, she will run the 5,000 at the New Balance Indoor National meet at The Armory Track and Field Center in New York.

"I'm just going to go out and see if I can get a good time," Barrett said. "It's going to just be great to run against great competition and it is an honor to compete in a race like this."

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